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HDRoberts · Jan 20, 2009

<div class="bbWrapper">Thursday morning, around 8:30AM Eastern, will bring us Oscar nominations. Who are you rooting for? Thoughts and predictions! Interesting possibilities in the best picture race. The Dark Knight stands a very good chance at a nomination. There is even a fair amount of talk for Wall-E to become the second ever nominated animated film (the first since animation got it's own category). If critics are to be believed, these would be the two most deserving, given their place in the aggregate of top 10 lists: <a href="http://moviecitynews.com/awards/2009/top_ten/00scoreboard.htm" target="_blank" class="link link--external link--favicon link--favicon--before" style="background-image:url('https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=moviecitynews.com');" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">MCN Awards Watch: The Awards Scoreboard</a> Also interesting to see how "CCoBB," "Doubt," "Milk," "Frost/Nixon," "The Westler," and "Revolutionary Road" do as well, and if anyone remembers "In Bruges" from earlier this year.</div>

HDRoberts · Jan 22, 2009

<div class="bbWrapper">The Nominees: Best motion picture of the year <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production,Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Milk" (Focus Features), A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson, Producer</li> </ul>Performance by an actor in a leading role <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor" (Overture Films)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon" (Universal)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)</li> </ul> Performance by an actor in a supporting role <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Josh Brolin in "Milk" (Focus Features)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder" (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt" (Miramax)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)</li> </ul> Performance by an actress in a leading role <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married" (Sony Pictures Classics)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Angelina Jolie in "Changeling" (Universal)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Melissa Leo in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Meryl Streep in "Doubt" (Miramax)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)</li> </ul> Performance by an actress in a supporting role <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Amy Adams in "Doubt" (Miramax)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Penélope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Viola Davis in "Doubt" (Miramax)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)</li> </ul>Achievement in directing <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Fincher</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Ron Howard</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Milk" (Focus Features), Gus Van Sant</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Stephen Daldry</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Danny Boyle</li> </ul> Best animated feature film of the year <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Bolt" (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Kung Fu Panda" (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton</li> </ul> Achievement in art direction <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Changeling" (Universal), Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt</li> </ul> Achievement in cinematography <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Changeling" (Universal), Tom Stern</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Claudio Miranda</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Wally Pfister</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Chris Menges and Roger Deakins</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Anthony Dod Mantle</li> </ul> Achievement in costume design <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Australia" (20th Century Fox), Catherine Martin</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Jacqueline West</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films), Michael O'Connor</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Milk" (Focus Features), Danny Glicker</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage), Albert Wolsky</li> </ul> Best documentary feature <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)" (Cinema Guild), A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Encounters at the End of the World" (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment), A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Garden" A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures), A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Trouble the Water" (Zeitgeist Films), An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal</li> </ul> Best documentary short subject <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Conscience of Nhem En" A Farallon Films Production, Steven Okazaki</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Final Inch" A Vermilion Films Production, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Smile Pinki" A Principe Production, Megan Mylan</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306" A Rock Paper Scissors Production, Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde</li> </ul> Achievement in film editing <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Mike Hill and Dan Hanley</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Milk" (Focus Features), Elliot Graham</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens</li> </ul> Best foreign language film of the year <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Baader Meinhof Complex" A Constantin Film Production, Germany</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Class" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haut et Court Production, France</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Departures" (Regent Releasing), A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Revanche" (Janus Films), A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Waltz with Bashir" (Sony Pictures Classics), A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel</li> </ul> Achievement in makeup <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (Universal), Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz</li> </ul> Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.),Alexandre Desplat</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Defiance" (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Milk" (Focus Features), Danny Elfman</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman</li> </ul> Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman andMaya Arulpragasam</li> </ul> Best animated short film <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "La Maison en Petits Cubes" A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Lavatory - Lovestory" A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Oktapodi" (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L'école de l'image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Presto" (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "This Way Up", A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes</li> </ul> Best live action short film <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Auf der Strecke (On the Line)" (Hamburg Shortfilmagency), An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Manon on the Asphalt" (La Luna Productions), A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "New Boy" (Network Ireland Television), A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Pig" An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Spielzeugland (Toyland)" A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank</li> </ul> Achievement in sound editing <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Richard King</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Tom Sayers</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Wanted" (Universal),Wylie Stateman</li> </ul> Achievement in sound mixing <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "WALL-E" (Walt Disney),Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Wanted" (Universal), Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt</li> </ul> Achievement in visual effects <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan</li> </ul> Adapted screenplay <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Doubt" (Miramax), Written by John Patrick Shanley</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Frost/Nixon" (Universal), Screenplay by Peter Morgan</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Hare</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy</li> </ul> Original screenplay <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Courtney Hunt</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Happy-Go-Lucky" (Miramax), Written by Mike Leigh</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "In Bruges" (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "Milk" (Focus Features), Written by Dustin Lance Black</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter</li> </ul>Congratulations, AMPAS. With your ridiculous snub of the Dark Knight in a plethora of categories, I am boycotting the Oscars.</div>

mdonnelly · Jan 22, 2009

<div class="bbWrapper">Saw "Benjamin Button" with my wife a couple of weeks ago. I liked it, she didn't. It's one of those movies that the Academy loves, because it recreates a world that doesn't exist any more, and in this case, several worlds. Technically, it was a marvelous movie, but the plot dragged a bit.</div>

Ramy · Jan 22, 2009

<div class="bbWrapper">The Academy doesn't care if a bunch of people liked a movie and went and saw it. That is what I hate about the Oscars. That should count for some part of who wins, not all, but some part.</div>

HD MM · Jan 22, 2009

<div class="bbWrapper">I don't see a lot of movies at the public theater anymore. Instead I wait to see them once they come out on DVD/Blu-Ray and watch them in the HT. Hopefully a few will come out before Feb.22nd so I can have a more informed opinion... I did hear Benjamin Button was a Forrest Gump Clone though...</div>

HDRoberts · Jan 22, 2009

<div class="bbWrapper">And by most accounts, "The Reader" was a mediocre movie. At 60% on Rotten Tomatoes, it is on the verge of being rotten. Heck, it has a 58/100 rating on Metacritic. (Both sites aggregate critical response, the former counting the percentage of reviews deemed positive, the second averaging the actual ratings critics give out, like 2.5/4 stars and so on.) It is hardly among the top 10 movies much less the top 5. At least Robert Downey Jr. got in for Tropic Thunder. The only redeaming part about these nominations. In the minds of many, 2 of the best films of the year were snubbed with The Dark Knight and Wall-E. Unfortunately the Academy like to make sure they pick what the public doesn't like, so they can be all snobby and self righteous about liking artier films.</div>

snathanb · Jan 23, 2009

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="HDRoberts" data-source="post: 1673194" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=1673194" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1673194">HDRoberts said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> In the minds of many, 2 of the best films of the year were snubbed with The Dark Knight and Wall-E. . </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> At the risk of sounding "snobby and self-righteous", I didn't particularly think either of those films deserved a nod for best film. I liked them alright, I suppose, but I had largely forgotten both within a few hours of seeing them. Frankly, I think if Heath Ledger were still alive, the Dark Knight would have been long forgotten, except by those who are "into" Batman. On the other hand, I haven't seen a single one of the films nominated for best picture.</div>

Ramy · Jan 23, 2009

<div class="bbWrapper">I think the Clint Eastwood movie was the biggest snub.</div>

JimMcC · Jan 24, 2009

<div class="bbWrapper">I predict the show will be WAY TOO LONG. That's why I don't watch it.</div>

dfergie · Jan 24, 2009

<div class="bbWrapper">Who is this Oscar? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></div>

Bobby · Jan 24, 2009

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="dfergie" data-source="post: 1675423" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=1675423" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1675423">dfergie said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Who is this Oscar? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> Felix's roommate..... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></div>

Paul Wozniak · Jan 24, 2009

<div class="bbWrapper">Salsa Dancer 7 has a roommate? (His name is Felix).</div>

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